JAKARTA - The decline in the Indonesian Corruption Perception Index (CPI) in 2025 is considered to reflect the weakening of control over corruption, collusion, and nepotism (KKN) as well as the decline of democracy.
This was conveyed by the Executive Director of Amnesty International Indonesia (AII), Usman Hamid, in response to the corruption perception index (CPI) or corruption perception index (CPI) of Indonesia in 2025 which fell three points compared to last year, namely at 34. He initially said that the findings of Transparency International Indonesia (TII) should be a serious evaluation material for all parties.
"The findings of the TII corruption perception index should be used as a kind of self-criticism and serious evaluation material for Indonesia in correcting corruption eradication, democratic setbacks, and judicial independence," said Usman in a TII online press conference, Tuesday, February 10.
He assessed that the decline in the GPA could not be separated from the weakening of the state's system of power sharing. According to him, the supervisory mechanism between the legislature, executive, and judiciary is no longer effective.
"One of them, I think, is that the state or state power is no longer divided effectively except on paper," he said.
This condition, said Usman, has a direct impact on weakening the function of supervision over KKN practices.
"There is no maximum function that controls corruption, collusion, and nepotism, which have recently become stronger," said Usman Hamid.
He also highlighted the practice of nepotism which was considered to be increasingly visible in the filling of public positions in the government of President Prabowo Subianto.
"The latter has become stronger, the latest is the appointment of the president's nephew as deputy governor of the central bank. Soon there may be the appointment of the president's nephew to become, for example, the Minister of Foreign Affairs," said Usman.
According to him, this pattern has begun to be seen since the end of the government of the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo. "This is a follow-up nepotism," he said.
"The era of Jokowi's government, where the Constitutional Court, the constitutional institution, the judiciary which should be independent from the influence of the executive, actually changed the election rules so that it was no longer integral just to pass the nephew of the Chairman of the Constitutional Court and the President's biological son who was in power to get the high position of vice president. So there is no more division. "
As previously reported, Transparency International Indonesia (TII) said that Indonesia's Corruption Perception Index (CPI) in 2025 was at a score of 34. This figure is down 3 points from last year which was at 37.
Indonesia ranks 109 out of 180 countries involved. In 2024, Indonesia is ranked 99.
Several countries that got the same score as Indonesia are Algeria, Nepal, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Laos, as well as Bosnia, and Herzegovina.
Meanwhile, at the ASEAN level, Indonesia is below Singapore with a GPA of 84 or stagnant. Meanwhile, Malaysia increased by 2 points to 52, Timor Leste 44 or stagnant, and Vietnam 41 which means an increase of 1 point.
Indonesia is racing Thailand, which in 2025 experienced a 1-point decrease with a GPA of 33. Meanwhile, below there is the Philippines, which obtained a figure of 32 or down 1 point, Cambodia 20 down 1 point, and Myanmar 16 or stagnant.
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